TV noise dispute in S.F. ends in cane attack

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A 73-year-old man who raised a ruckus about his apartment neighbor’s noisy living habits over Thanksgiving weekend ended up in custody, San Francisco police say.

The neighbor, a 39-year-old man, said he was watching TV in his apartment on the 700 block of 22nd Street at 12:20 a.m. Friday when there was a knock on the door. He opened it to find his neighbor infuriated at the noise.

Police say the older man bumped the TV watcher, whom officers described as an amputee, in an attempt to enter the apartment. When the TV watcher bumped back, the irate neighbor whacked him in the face with a cane, leaving him with a cut and a swollen eye.

The victim went to Kaiser for treatment, and his neighbor was arrested and booked at Bayview Station. His name has not been released.